fergalicious

About the record

It entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #79, ascending to #2 several weeks later after being the largest sales gainer; however, airplay of Beyoncé's single "Irreplaceable" was too large to secure Fergie the #1 spot, however it hit #1 on the Pop 100 for a week. It has, thus far, peaked at #26 on the AOL Airplay Chart and #2 on the AOL Digital Download Chart. This is Fergie's second top 2 US single in a row.

Fergie beat the record of most downloads in a week with about 290,000 downloads beating Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" which set the record back in June 2006.

Many consider "Fergalicious" to be a novelty song, similar to the Black Eyed Peas' 2005 hit single "My Humps."^{attribution needed]} The word Fergalicious is a portmanteau of Fergie and delicious. In the song, Fergie describes her effects on men and "[puts] them boys on rock, rock."

The song is inspired by "Supersonic" by J. J. Fad. The elements of "It's More Fun To Compute" by Kraftwerk and "Night Train" by James Brown heard in "Fergalicious" were originally sampled by Afro-Rican in "Give It All You Got."

On December 4, 2006, Fergie and will.i.am performed the song live at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards and Big In '06 Awards.

Music video

The video premiered on MTV on October 24th, 2006 and premiered on Yahoo! Music on October 31st, 2006. The music video was filmed in Hollywood, and directed by Fatima Robinson, who also directed the "My Humps" music video. will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas also appears in the video, which features Fergie in a Willy Wonka inspired factory, called "Fergieland" filled with various types of candy. The video starts with factory workers packaging boxes of "Fergalicious" candy. Throughout the video, Fergie sings in a field of candy canes, wears a skirt that is tan and khaki, lays in a pile of candy, works out in a colorful gym, sings in a room filled with lollipops while dressed like Shirley Temple, and pops out of a cake while wearing a blue corset with diamonds encrusted on the exterior. She then starts watching two women wrestle in ice cream before joining in with them at the end of the video. will.i.am is wearing a suit and a fedora.

On VH1's annual "Top 40 Videos of the Year", this year in 2006, Fergalicious was picked as #16.

Track listing

Maxi-CD

1. "Fergalicious" (album version) — 4:52
2. "Paradise" — 4:08
3. "London Bridge" (live version) — 2:43
4. "Fergalicious" (music video) — 3:52

2-track CD

1. "Fergalicious" (album version) — 4:52
2. "Paradise" — 4:08

Charts